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AISI 409 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

Both AISI 409 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
24
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
96

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 84.9 to 89.5
80.7 to 83.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.7 to 2.0